GA-11: Democratic challenger to QAnon supporter bows out of race in Georgia

[RandySF]

ATLANTA (AP) — The Democratic candidate for an open U.S. House seat in Georgia dropped out of the race Friday, clearing a near-certain path to victory for a QAnon-supporting Republican contender who has been criticized for her incendiary comments.

Democrat Kevin Van Ausdal bowed out of the race against Marjorie Taylor Greene for “personal and family reasons,” his campaign manager Vinny Olsziewski told The Associated Press.

Deputy Secretary of State Jordan Fuchs said Friday that the window has passed for Democrats to replace Van Ausdal, likely sealing a win for the already-favored Greene. Georgia law says a candidate who withdraws less than 60 days before the election cannot be replaced on the ballot. Van Ausdal faced long odds in Georgia’s deep-red 14th Congressional District. He posted a statement to Twitter on Friday saying, “The next steps in my life are taking me away from Georgia,” disqualifying him from the seat.

Greene has become notorious for her remarks about minorities and ethnic groups. In a series of videos unearthed in June, she alleges an “Islamic invasion” of government offices, claims Black and Hispanic men are held back by “gangs and dealing drugs,” and pushes an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that billionaire philanthropist George Soros, who is Jewish, collaborated with the Nazis.



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[demtenjeep]

1. WTF

at least it isn't the senate but why????

[AlexSFCA]

2. I would guess his family may have been threatened by q cultists

[crickets]

3. I have seen tweets/article comments to that effect.

One comment even said that he and his family were moving because of it. I have no verification for this (and I have looked) but if anyone runs across information, please post it. Something isn't right.

[demtenjeep]

4. that is just bullsit

ridiculous what this world has become

[LuvLoogie]

5. My cynical side says he was a ringer who had no intention of seeing it through.

He was a place holder so nobody else could run.

I say see if a pattern develops with Q candidates running in red districts to block moderate flight.

[LuvLoogie]

6. They create a fictional adversary so heinous that people are reluctant to oppose them for fear

of being seen as supporting their boogey man.

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. Margie carpetbagged her ass up here to Rome (GA-14) from Alpharetta (GA-6).

The seat was opening up, and I think she knew she'd never get elected in GA-6.

As a point of reference, GA-6 is the district that gave the world Newt Gingrich. She's too much of a nutjob for even them.

[CottonBear]

8. Is the QAnon billboard still on I-75 North between Cartersville & Dalton?

I’ve not driven up I-75 since January. That billboard was up for at least a year.

I cursed at it each time I drove past.

[Buns_of_Fire]

11. I haven't been up I-75 in ages. If I drive it anytime soon, I'll check.

When the kook lady gets elected, they'll probably redo it in neon.

[CottonBear]

13. It is/was near exit 341 Here's a picture:

Link to tweet

[Volaris]

14. If truth is freedom, that means that the Q cultists are all enslaved.

[CottonBear]

15. Yes, indeed. It's a cult.

There’s a huge confederate flag flying on a giant flag pole on a hillside on the same northbound side of I-75. It’s not too far from the crazy Q billboard.

In the same area, along the southbound side of I-75, there have been Trump, Kemp, and Drain The Swamp billboards, in addition to the ubiquitous Jesus/god billboards.

[DFW]

9. So she gets in

It's a given that Pelosi will be monitoring her every word, and if she goes over the top, she will face censure or even being expelled from them House. If not, then she probably gets a primary challenge next time around, and bows out when the Republican Party informs her how much healthier for her it would be if she did. She then moves to Fox Noise where she should have been all along.

[ElementaryPenguin]

10. Let her be yet another ghoulish face for the GOP!!

She will not be appealing - but APPALLING to the majority of country!

[Vinca]

12. Is is too late for anyone to step in? Is there anyone willing to try?

This crazy Marjorie woman recently threatened members of Congress in a video and she should be prosecuted and end up in jail.

[Tarc]

16. We had no shot at this seat anyways. Tom Graves won it 4 times

2 unopposed, 2 winning over 70% of the vote.

No sense in wasting a dime that deep into inbred country.